Taking a break?

“See, Damascus will no longer be a city but will become a heap of ruins.”

According to TIME “nearly all Biblical scholars argue that such a literalist interpretation of the text is highly problematic.” The article quotes just one scholar, who opines that the interpretation of Isaiah 17 as a reference to the current conflict is absurd.

By the way, Evangelicals actually come in many flavors, since Evangelicalism is a rather diverse movement. And many, if not most, of them pay no attention to the kind of blogs the article cites — precisely because most of those blogs are, well, absurd.

Bob Larson’s Teenage Exorcists

Bob Larson is an ‘evangelist’ and — reportedly using mail order credentials — ‘reverend’ who markets himself as “the world’s foremost expert on cults, the occult, and supernatural phenomena.”

unpicks the intensely theatrical nature of exorcism alongside delving into the personal lives of the three girls; an exploration which leads to a fascinating final question – are these girls truly miracle-workers or simply shameless frauds?

This reference leads to the New International Version of the Bible. Note that Jehovah’s Witnesses came up with their own, controversial ‘translation’ — the New World Translation in an attempt to support the organization’s unbiblical doctrines. ↩